Happy Anniversary to Me!

[resonant]

To celebrate my fourth anniversary as a slash writer, I've written some short snippets revisiting some of my older stories.

This was a bit self-indulgent, of course -- but it was fun, and it got me out of my Transfigurations-induced writer's block, so I might be doing more of it in the future.



Homemaking, a follow-up to the Due South story Housekeeping.

Fraser/Kowalski -- NC-17 -- 17K

Borealis, a follow-up to the Due South story Adorned.

Fraser/Kowalski -- G -- 5K

Display, a follow-up to the Due South story The Teeth of the Hydra.

Fraser/Kowalski -- NC-17 -- 16K

Marked, a follow-up (drabble) to the Harry Potter story Bruise.

Harry/Draco -- R -- 4K

Wellspring, a follow-up to the Harry Potter story The Familiar.

Harry/Snape -- NC-17 -- 10K

I've also cleaned up some snippets from the defunct Sentinel story that was to be called "Six Weeks" (follow-ups to Anoint and Midnight Oil). They're all Jim/Blair, of course.

Cold Feet

G -- 4K

Clean

NC-17 -- 9K

Declarations

G -- 4K

Talking

NC-17 -- 7K

Revelations

G -- 8K

Listening

NC-17 -- 11K

I'll be uploading these to the 852 Prospect archive, but I'm not on any Sentinel lists any more. Is anybody out there still a member of SXF and willing to announce these to the list?

Comments

[puella-deville.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

Also, thanks -- had no idea there was a sequel to "The Familiar" (which is one of my favorite stories) floating around, as it were.

Sentinel

[copracat]

Sure, what do you want the announce to SXF to say?

[rhiannon-jehane.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary!

The Six Weeks snippets are wonderful -- Revelations almost made me snort iced tea out of my nose.

Just so you know, though, the link for Listening doesn't seem to be working.

[thermidor.livejournal.com]

Oh, Wow! A present for *us* on your anniversary! I'm going to have a good time reading these!

I loved Borealis; I always wanted to know what happened afterwards and whether it was happy :)

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

congratulations!!!

it was such fun revisiting some of your stories...the snippets were great...thanks!

[patchworkdragon.livejournal.com]

oh, wow. The six weeks series just blew my mind. Especially the end of listening.
I love how you use Jim's senses. So evocative.

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

Oooh. 'Marked' is an excellent drabble.

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

Oh--a sequel to The Familar? I knew I should be checking your website more often! *gets out appointment calendar, crosses off 'pay bills' and changes it to 'check Resonant's website'*

Thanks for this lovely, lovely piece.

[kittygoslingp.livejournal.com]

You jewel of a woman. I've just had lunch, I'm just about to have a bath before going to work but look there's this happy, sexy, sensuous little oasis of interlude opening up in front of me - woof.

Resonant, sending me to work with a smile on my face.

Thanks.

Kitty

[kemelios.livejournal.com]

Guh. Just read the sequel to Housekeeping and realized that there is nothing that I wouldn't give to find a female-Ray. I'm a sucker for domestic!slash. Now on to the other stories...

You have made my sleepy, rainy Monday at work alone again day.

*happy sigh*

[barbana.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much these are wonderful. Especially Wellspring. Yow! What a lovely thing to wake up this morning.

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

Not a damn thing wrong with an occasional (heh) bit of self-indulgence. Especially when something like Wellspring is the result!

You rock.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks-- turns out the SXF posting archive automatically mails to the list, which I had forgotten.

[copracat]

Cool! and handy to know.

[wyldkyss.livejournal.com]

Mmmm more Potter bits, thank you very much. :)

[judydark.livejournal.com]

Oh, my, an embarrassment of riches! How lovely to finally get to read them all!

fizzing with excitement

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary and congratulations on creating such a wonderful follow up to 'the Familiar.' Sorry I'm a tad late here. I loved it, the story was just gorgeous and smooth, and a perfect extrapolation.

'Marked' is also terrific, and works as a stand alone as well. brodie

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

I love your due South stories, so seeing these sequels was a definite treat! Great endings to each one -- I was especially touched by the sequel to "Adorned."

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

mmmmm. Wellspring. mmmmm.
And yay, you had Snape say "fundament!"

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I think I fixed that link -- apparently it works if there's a lowercase L, but not if there's a capital L. [shrugs at the mysteries of HTML.]

Can you let me know if you try it again and it still doesn't work?

And I'm glad you liked the stories!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Y'welcome! I never exactly intended to write a sequel, but it was pretty easy to slip back in and do a sex scene.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! Of course it was happy. I always want them to be happy.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

They were fun to do, too. Glad you enjoyed them!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

[grins] I'm actually surprised nobody else has done that. I mean, Jim can do phone sex without the phone!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

That's so good to hear. I don't usually write that short, and it's tricky to find a story that you can tell all of in that little space.

While I'm being self-indulgent ... you were looking for Snape/Draco stories a while back, weren't you? I have one: Alive In Here. (http://trickster.org/res/alive.html)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm glad you liked it! And rarely as I've been updating lately, you really ought to have time to pay bills and keep up with my pitifully small output.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the home stories, too. Glad you enjoyed it!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

[beaming] Thanks!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked them both!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've had a couple of people tell me the ending of "Adorned" was ambiguous to them -- I figured it was a pretty straightforward happy ending, but then, we know something Ray doesn't know about what's going to happen when Fraser goes back to Canada.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Snape's terrific for allowing me to use all kinds of words that I don't usually get to use. And, like Fraser, he has the sort of speech patterns that allow you to use semicolons, even in first person. I like that in a character.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

You posted this right after I left on my trip, you bad, bad girl! You'll just have to accomodate yourself to my schedule in future... :P

Seriously, gobbled up all the dS and HP ones, and am mightily resisting the Sentinel, because I will not have you addicting me to a show I have never watched and will probably never get the chance to watch. They were all gorgeous, of course--"Wellspring" had such wonderful images, and I loved this exchange:

"You really think I can do it?" he said after a long moment, nuzzling into Snape's neck.

"I think," Snape said, "that you will be woefully underprepared, as always. And that you will find yourself supplied with extraordinary stores of unaccountable good luck, as always." He rinsed his own hands and cupped the back of Harry's neck, using a thumb to raise his chin. "And that you will have wiser and more experienced minds at your beck and call, ready to shield you from the consequences of your own foolishness. As always."

Harry closed his eyes and kissed Snape's jaw. "Thanks."

So like them, so true to the canon relationship (and much improved by the addition of Soapy Naked Bits.) *g*

And "Homemaking" just about killed me--white-hot, and perfectly tuned Ray and Fraser.

He looked incredible. Hard under the sweats, which hid nothing -- breathing hard -- slight frown between his eyebrows like he was trying to figure out what to do next. Ray rubbed the line with his thumb. "Quit thinking, Fraser," he said. "My job to think. Your job to feel."

Fraser nodded jerkily.

Ray pulled the covers down. "Go lie down."

Even if I hadn't read the previous story, it wouldn't affect the enjoyment of this story, because you have an amazing talent for conveying the complete picture of the relationship in so few words.

Fraser's dark hair was damp with sweat, curling around his face, and his eyes were heavy-lidded and dark, and his mouth was loose, and Ray wanted a picture, wanted to show it to everybody -- for me, he's like this for me, he gives this up for me.

Guhhhhh. That's just--wow. And the last bit was a perfect ending--the two of them talking about the mundane aspects of living together, Ray having taken care of the problem before Fraser needed to articulate it.

Lovely as always. Oh, and I should tell you I'm saving "Transfigurations" as a present to myself when I finish my story.

[rhiannon-jehane.livejournal.com]

I was able to link to Listening from your website (for some reason, the above link still isn't working for me). I loved it -- it was very hot, and the ending was beautifully touching.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww. Thanks! This is great to hear. Glad you liked them. I've only recently noticed how domestic all my stories are; I guess essentially what I'm writing about, always, is home.